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July 26, 2016 The following table reflects the annual grant fund appropriation changes: Table 1 - Grant Fund Overall FY 17 Categories Current Appropriation Adjustments Revised Appropriation Instruction 15,050,379 15,050,379 Administration, Attendance, & Health 1,380,708 1,380,708 Pupil Transportation 274,085 274,085 Operation and Maintenance 36,527 36,527 Technology 1,908,418 30,000 1,938,418 Total Grants Fund 18,650,117 30,000 18,680,117 Financial Impact:  The appropriation of these funds will increase the Schools Grants Fund. Recommended Action:  Adoption of the ordinance. Vision Principles: Quality of Life and Lifelong Learning Community. Next Steps Following Council Action:  School Board approval of revised Schools Budget.  Finance will complete the necessary budget adjustments. 1. Donna Sayegh, 3104 Garland Drive, spoke in opposition to this item. Motion by Dr. Edmonds, and seconded by Mr. Meeks, to adopt the following ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote: “ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF $30,000 IN THE TECHNOLOGY CLASSIFICATION OF THE FY 2017 GRANT FUND BUDGET FOR THE PORTSMOUTH PUBLIC SCHOOLS.” Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Meeks, Moody, Psimas, Whitaker, Wright Nays: None 16 - 232 - Adoption of an ordinance to appropriate the sum of $658,567 in the Instruction classification of the FY 2017 Grant Fund budget for the Portsmouth Public Schools. Vision Principles: Enhanced Quality of Life and Lifelong Learning Community Background:  As stated in Superintendents Memo 130-16, Section 22.1-100, Code of Virginia, requires school divisions to return unexpended state funds to the Commonwealth at the close of each fiscal year. Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly (i.e., 2016 Amendments to the 2015 Appropriation Act) overrides the Code and permits school divisions that have met required local effort and required local match for fiscal year 2016 to carry forward to fiscal year 2017 any remaining state fund balances that are unexpended as of June 30, 2016. Specifically, the appropriation act language (Item 136 B.24.b.) for fiscal year 2016 reads as follows: “Any locality that has met its required local effort for the Standards of Quality accounts for FY 2016 and that has met its required local match for incentive or Lottery-funded programs in which the locality elected to participate in FY 2016 may carry over into FY 2017 any remaining state Direct Aid to Public Education fund balances available to help minimize any FY 2017 revenue adjustments that may occur in state funding to that locality. Localities electing to carry forward such unspent state funds must appropriate the funds to the school division for expenditure in FY 2017.”  As stated in City Ordinance 2015-29, funds encumbered but unpaid by the end of the fiscal year will be deemed unspent appropriations that will require re-appropriation by the City Council.